{"id":1456,"date":"2013-01-06T19:28:08","date_gmt":"2013-01-07T03:28:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wordpress.viu.ca\/limi\/?page_id=1456"},"modified":"2016-01-02T09:30:40","modified_gmt":"2016-01-02T17:30:40","slug":"journal","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/wordpress.viu.ca\/limi\/courses\/past-courses\/anth-112s-326\/journal\/","title":{"rendered":"ANTH 112 &amp; ANTH 326: Journal \/ Field Notes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>As the course progresses, you are to keep a journal. It need not be typed; legible writing is acceptable. In fact, writing by hand is better as you are less likely to edit your thoughts (a common problem with computer-generated journals). The <strong>quality<\/strong> of your comments is <strong>important,<\/strong> <span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">not<\/span> the manner of presentation (i.e., there is no need to decorate or have a \u201cfancy\u201d notebook or journal). Comments should be <strong>reflective.<\/strong> They are <strong>NOT to be a summary of the day\u2019s lecture<\/strong> (I was present; therefore, I know what I and others said!). I am interested in your <strong>opinions and\/or reaction<\/strong> to lecture, discussion, text material, or experiences (cultural) related to this course. How does what you are learning relate to your life? <strong>If you like or dislike something, tell me why; do not just say \u201cIt was interesting.\u201d<\/strong> The number of times you write an entry is your decision; as a minimum, I expect you to reflect on your interview and participant observation experiences for the two assignments. For this reason, your journal also serves as field notes. Do NOT do your journal writing all in one day before you are to submit it for review!! Your memory of events changes over time, as well as how you react to them. <strong>Date each entry.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The journal, in addition, serves as a direct line of communication with me. From your commentary, I will have a better sense of what you are gaining from the course.<\/p>\n<p>Proper grammar and spelling are appreciated though this will not affect how well you do on your journal; it is worth <strong>10% of your grade<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000\">DUE:<\/span>\u00a0 Friday, February 19 by 3:00pm<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong> Tuesday, April 5 by 5:00pm<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As the course progresses, you are to keep a journal. It need not be typed; legible writing is acceptable. In fact, writing by hand is better as you are less likely to edit your thoughts (a common problem with computer-generated journals). The quality of your comments is important, not the &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":43,"featured_media":0,"parent":337,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1456","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.viu.ca\/limi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1456","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.viu.ca\/limi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.viu.ca\/limi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.viu.ca\/limi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/43"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.viu.ca\/limi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1456"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.viu.ca\/limi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1456\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2503,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.viu.ca\/limi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1456\/revisions\/2503"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.viu.ca\/limi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/337"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.viu.ca\/limi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1456"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}